Megatest

	  ;; We are about to actually kick off the test
	  ;; so this is a good place to remove the records for 
	  ;; any previous runs
	  ;; (db:test-remove-steps db run-id testname itemdat)
	  ;; now is also a good time to write the .testconfig file
	  (let* ((tconfig-fname   (conc work-area "/.testconfig"))
		 (tconfig-tmpfile (conc tconfig-fname ".tmp"))
		 (tconfig         (tests:get-testconfig test-name item-path tconfigreg #t force-create: #t)) ;; 'return-procs)))
		 (scripts (configf:get-section tconfig "scripts")))
	    ;; create .testconfig file
	    (configf:write-alist tconfig tconfig-tmpfile)
	    (file-move tconfig-tmpfile tconfig-fname #t)
	    (delete-file* ".final-status")

	    ;; extract scripts from testconfig and write them to files in test run dir
	    (for-each
	     (lambda (scriptdat)
	       (match scriptdat
		      ((name content)
		       (with-output-to-file name
			 (lambda ()
			   (print content)
			   (change-file-mode name (bitwise-ior perm/irwxg perm/irwxu)))))
		      (else
		       (debug:print-info 0 "Invalid script definiton found in [scripts] section of testconfig. \"" scriptdat "\""))))
	     scripts))
	  ;; 
	  (let* ((m            (make-mutex))
		 (kill-job?    #f)
		 (exit-info    (make-launch:einf pid: #t exit-status: #t exit-code: #t rollup-status: 0)) ;; pid exit-status exit-code (i.e. process was successfully run) rollup-status
		 (job-thread   #f)
		 ;; (keep-going   #t)
		 (misc-flags   (let ((ht (make-hash-table)))